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The guy I was chatting with repeatedly picked his nose. It was not only disgusting -- and messy -- but distracting. This was not transpiring in the privacy of his home, but at a very public singles event. The conversation was the typical, banal talk guys have with each other while scoping out the environment. This was a relatively intimate...

It was going to be the best summer yet. Eric Goldman returned to his suburban Philadelphia home from his New England college as a junior-to-be. The summer following his freshman year had been a bit rocky for his parents, Carol and Jeff (all names have been changed) as newfound collegiate ways presented problems of independence/autonomy vs. the old ways, back...

What are you permitted to say when you don't like your friend's new significant other?

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Adina Matusow, JE Feature

When a close friend starts dating someone new, it tends to alter your life, too. Your life obviously won't change as much as your friend's, but your regular routine is going to be altered. Now, he or she won't always be available for a Saturday-night outing or a Sunday matinee. Even if the new relationship is great -- and you...

The woman had called me first, two different times, then disappeared. So what was up?

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Roy S. Gutterman, JE Feature

Her first e-mail was unusually emphatic about the two of us meeting or at least talking. She was the one who had checked out my profile and then contacted me through the online dating site. She wrote, first. The 33-year-old who I'll call "Andie" sounded interesting, vivacious, career- and family-oriented. Her profile said she worked as a journalist. As a...

Or can we ever just be friends? The push-and-pull nature of men and women

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Adina Matusow, JE Feature

A platonic friendship between a man and woman can work, especially in the more comfortable situation of what my friends and I call a "safe" male friend. For example, it's easy to become friends with your best friend's boyfriend because you are already meeting him as a "taken man," and the possibility of something happening is instantly eliminated. It's also...